501.BB/9–2349: Telegram
The Secretary of State in New York1 to the Acting Secretary of State
Delga 16. Following is unofficial text Soviet resolution introduced GA plenary today:2
“1. The GA condemns the preparations of a new war which are being conducted in a number of countries, particularly in the USA and UK, and which find expression in government encouraged war propaganda, in the armaments race and in inflated war budgets which fall as a heavy burden on the population, in the establishment of numerous military, naval and air bases on the territories of other countries. In the formation of military blocs of states pursuing aggressive aims, in regard to the peace-loving democratic countries, and in the execution of other measures aimed at aggression.
“2. Just as civilized nations had long ago condemned the use for military purposes of poison gas and of bacteriological weapons as being a heaviest crime against mankind, so the GA recognizes that the use of atomic weapons and other means of mass destruction of human beings is incompatible with the conscience and honor of nations and with membership in the UN, and considers any further delays in the adoption by the UN of practical measures for the unconditional prohibition of atomic weapons and for the establishment of an adequate and rigid international control to be inadmissable.
“3. The GA calls upon all nations to settle their disputes and differences peacefully without resorting to the use of force or to threats of force. The GA taking note, at the same time, of the unbinding will and determination of peoples to ward off the threat of a new war and to secure the maintenance of peace, as expressed in all countries in the mighty popular movement for peace and against warmongers, and bearing in mind that the five powers, permanent members of the SC, bear primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, unanimously expresses the wish that the US, UK, China, [Page 89] France and the USSR join their efforts for this purpose and conclude between themselves a pact for the strengthening of peace.”
- Secretary Acheson, Chairman of the United States Delegation when present, addressed the 222nd Plenary Session of the General Assembly during the general debate phase of proceedings; for the summary record of this address, see United Nations, Official Records of the General Assembly, Fourth Session, Plenary Meetings, pp. 5–8. (Hereafter cited as GA(IV), Plenary.) For full text, see Department of State Bulletin, October 3, 1949, p. 489.↩
- For the summary record of Vyshinsky’s address at the 226th Plenary Meeting, September 23, during the general debate phase of proceedings, including the official text of the Soviet draft resolution (A/996), see GA(IV), Plenary, pp. 36–39.↩